Mexican man pleads guilty to attempted cockfighting
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February 24, 2009, 6:06 p.m.
A Mexican man living in Amado pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of attempted cockfighting.
Pima County Superior Court Judge Michael J. Cruikshank will sentence Jesus Contreras, 43, on March 30.
Contreras was indicted on 27 counts of cockfighting and one count of possession of drug paraphernalia after a raid on his Amado property in September.
Officers saw fighting roosters with spurs on their feet in plain view in Contreras' yard, court records show.
Police seized 29 birds and a glass pipe.
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